Wheel for vehicles.



PATENTED DEC. 1, 1903.

H. PACE.

WHEEL FOR VEHICLES.

APPLICATION FILED MAR.26,1902

N0 MODEL.

ATTORNEYS UNrrnn States Patented December 1, 1903.

HARRY PAGE, OF LONDON, ENGLAND.

WHEEL FOR VEHlCLES.

EPEJIFIQATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 745,893, dated December1, 1903.

Application filed March 26, 1902. Serial No. 99,993. (No model.)

To [0Z5 who/w it 772/07,! concern:

Be it known that I, HARRY PACE, a subject of the King of Great Britain,residing at Hampstead, London, N. England, have invented certain new anduseful Improvements in Wheels for Vehicles, of which the following is afull and complete specification, such as will enable those skilled inthe art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to wheels for light vehicles; and the objectthereof is to so construct such wheels as to give thereto all the springqualities of a pneumatic tire and at the same time make the wheel strongand durable. I accomplish this object by means of the constructiondescribed in the following specification, of which the accompanyingdrawings form a part, in which the separate parts of my improvement aredesignated by suitable reference characters in each of the views, and inwhich- Figure l is a side View of a wheel made according to myinvention; Fig. 2, a section thereof on the line 2 2; Fig. 8, atransverse section on the line 3 3 of Fig. 2; and Fig. 4, a transversesection through the tire, rim of the wheel, and showing the method ofconnecting the spokes therewith.

In the drawings forming part of this specification I have shown at a andb the spokes of my improved wheel and at c the central hub, throughwhich the axle or spindle passes, the said axle or spindle being notshown, and said central hub or casing c is enlarged at each end andshown at 0 I have also shown at (Z the rim of the wheel and at e a solidtire composed of rubber or any suitable material, and I prefer toconnect the spokes a and b with the central hub or casing c and the rimd in the manner shown, in which the said spokes are divided into pairsat each side of the wheel.

The spokes are each provided with a spiral section or portionf and arecomposed of steel wires or rods, and preferably about one-third of eachis formed into a spiral. This construction of spokes gives to the wheela spring action or quality similar to that of a pneumatic tire and itwill be apparent that a wheel made in this manner may be used on almostany light vehicle.

In connecting the spokes with the hub or casing c the spokes arescrew-threaded and provided with two nuts 9, one on the inner side andthe other on the outer side, and in connecting the said spokes with therim d a similar construction is employed, the spokes being provided atthis point with two nuts it, one on the inner side and one on the outerside of said rim, and this construction enables the spokes to withstandthe pull and thrust to which they are subjected in the operation of thewheel.

My invention is not limited to the shape or construction of the centralhub or casing 0, nor to the form of the rim (1, nor to the method ofconnecting the tire with said rim, and changes in and modifications ofthe construction herein described made by me without departing from thespirit of my invention or sacrificing its advantages.

Having fully described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, isw A wheel the spokes of which are adjustably connected both with the hub and rim, said spokes being arrangedin pairs and the inner ends of the spokes of one pair being connected,one with one end of the hub and the other with the other end of the hub,the spokes of each pair being also formed into spring-coils, the coil inone spoke of each pair being adjacent to the rim and the coil in theother spoke of each pair being adjacent to the hub, substantially asshown and described.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my invention I have signed myname, in presence of the subscribing witnesses, this 11th day of March,1902. v

HARRY PACE. W'itnesses:

H. D. J AMESON, A. NUTTING.

